EXTENDING SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY: MODELING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COHESION, DISORDER, AND FEAR

In this study, we build on recent social disorganization research, estimating models of the relationships between disorder, burglary, cohesion, and fear of crime using a sample of neighborhoods from three waves of the British Crime Survey. The results indicate that disorder has an indirect effect on...

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Published in:Criminology (Beverly Hills) 2001-05, Vol.39 (2), p.293-319
Main Authors: MARKOWITZ, FRED E., BELLAIR, PAUL E., LISKA, ALLEN E., LIU, JIANHONG
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burglary
Crime
Criminology
Delinquency
England
Fear
Fear & phobias
Fear of Crime
Neighborhoods
Neighbourhoods
Social Cohesion
Social conditions & trends
Social Disorganization
Social organization
Social problems
Social theory
Wales
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Summary:In this study, we build on recent social disorganization research, estimating models of the relationships between disorder, burglary, cohesion, and fear of crime using a sample of neighborhoods from three waves of the British Crime Survey. The results indicate that disorder has an indirect effect on burglary through fear and neighborhood cohesion. Although cohesion reduces disorder, nonrecursive models show that disorder also reduces cohesion. Part of the effect of disorder on cohesion is mediated by fear. Similar results are obtained in nonrecursive burglary models. Together, the results suggest a feedback loop in which decreases in neighborhood cohesion increase crime and disorder, increasing fear, in turn, further decreasing cohesion.
ISSN:0011-1384
1745-9125
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-9125.2001.tb00924.x